Comments: IL HB0528 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly

Bill Title: Amends the General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986. Requires a hospital incorporated under the Act to adopt and post in plain view the National Standards on Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) recommended by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services via the Office of Minority Health (OMS), and available for review at the OMS website. Provides that if (i) a court or administrative agency, in any proceeding properly before the court or agency, finds that a hospital that is incorporated under the General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986 has provided substandard care to a member of a minority group, (ii) that finding is incorporated into an order of the court or administrative agency that is final and not appealable, and (iii) the Secretary of State receives notice of that final and nonappealable order, then the Secretary of State shall require the hospital to dissolve voluntarily and, if the hospital wishes to continue to operate as a hospital, organize under the Business Corporation Act of 1983 within a period of time as provided by the Secretary by rule. Provides that if a not-for-profit hospital does not voluntarily dissolve within the period required by rule, the Secretary shall dissolve the corporation administratively. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-04-03 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB0528 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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